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Did You Win One Of Three Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach? Let’s See
It’s been a bit more than a week since we kicked off our contest to give away Legendary Edition copies of Halo: Reach to three lucky commenters. It’s time to pick the winners. First, though a very special thank you to all of our comment moderators who spent vast chunks of their time over the…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedA Better View Of The Final Fantasy XIII Agito And Versus TGS Trailer
Last month we brought you shaky cam footage of the behind-closed-doors trailers for Final Fantasy Agito XIII and Versus XIII. Now we’ve got a better look. Square Enix has released the trailer on its Japanese website for Square Enix members to view, and now it’s shown up on YouTube as well. It’s a much clearer…
By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Across Age DX Is Like A Whole New Game
Not only does FDG Mobile’s Across Age DX rectify the one issue I had with the original game, it looks absolutely stunning, courtesy of the iPhone 4’s Retina display. The original Across Age was a charming little action RPG, filled with time-twisting puzzles and old school charm, but the combat system was horrible. While one…
By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
I’ve Re-Killed Zombies In Red Dead Redemption’s Undead Nightmare
John Marston has a zombie problem. But zombies have a John Marston problem: John Marston’s got a blunderbuss. At New York Comic-Con today, Rockstar Games is letting showgoers try Undead Nightmare, the last announced downloadable expansion to the company’s hit western. This is the one with zombies and zombie horses, a combination of new single-player…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 8, 2010 -
UncategorizedLego Universe Is Open For Early Business
The building blocks of the LEGO Universe community fall into place as NetDevil’s toy-based MMO opens two weeks early for its Founders. Fans who preordered LEGO Universe through official LEGO channels are now up to their necks in colorful toy bricks, fighting evil, championing creativity, and letting their imaginations run wild via the game’s user-friendly…
By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Follow Us On Twitter
Did you know that Kotaku has its own Twitter account? While it doesn’t tweet out all sixty or so stories we write every day, it does link to the stories that we here at Kotaku Tower think are the most interesting of the day. To follow along via Twitter just hit up this link: Kotaku…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Uncover Your Guild Wars 2 Legacy In The Hall Of Monuments
What will your Guild Wars 2 persona inherit from your original Guild Wars characters? Kotaku talks to ArenaNet designer John Hargrove and lead designer Eric Flannum about the newly-launched Hall of Monuments Reward Calculator. The Hall of Monuments, introduced in 2007’s Eye of the North expansion pack, is a trophy vault commemorating each player’s accomplishments…
By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Infamous 2 Is A Car-Tossing Stunner
You may expect men of great brawn and muscle-thickness to instigate the massive spectacles in modern, action-packed video games. Infamous’ Cole, is a slender PlayStation 3 hero, but Infamous 2 already shows he could wreck Marcus Fenix, ruin the Hulk. On the eve of New York Comic-Con where more titanic super-heroes will be on display,…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Allaying Concerns, Amazon Will Ship World of Warcraft: Cataclysm In December
Before Blizzard revealed that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm would go on sale in December, retailer Amazon was informing customers that they would get the game in January. Have no fear. The retail giant tells Kotaku “we will be releasing World of Warcraft: Cataclysm on the official release date of December 7, 2010.”
By Stephen Totilo Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
If there are those among you who are brave enough to discuss video games, speak now in the comments section here. Today’s image comes from reader Ursus-Veritas. Submit your images to #TAYpics. The selection’s getting thin, so add one and enjoy the excellent odds of your submission being selected.
By Stephen Totilo Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Let’s Talk About Medal of Honor
Danger Close’s reboot of the Medal of Honor series stirred up quite a bit of controversy because of its momentary inclusion of playable Taliban in the game’s multiplayer. But that has nothing to do with the game’s quality. I suspect that most of us don’t weigh the morality of a developer’s design choices when deciding…
By Brian Crecente Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Guild Wars Hall of Heroes Gallery
By Mike Fahey Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
I Have A Half Day
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Left Dead 4 Modern Shooter Half of it was spent working. Now, the other half. Plans include building a model car with Mini-Bash, reading picture books to Micro-Bash and watching a movie with Mrs. Bashcraft. What you missed last night Watch Obama Bring The Rain In NBA Jam The 3DS’…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 8, 2010 -
ReviewsReview: Wii Party
This ain’t Mario Party, it’s Wii Party. Nintendo’s latest effort at a party game once again features mini-games. Did someone say “mini-games”? Wii Party sports over 80 mini-games and features Miis as the in-game characters. The Japanese version of the game — which I played — has 14 game modes, while the U.S. version has…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect Does Not Need This, No Sir It Does Not
And you thought because it doesn’t use peripherals Kinect would be spared a bunch of ridiculous third-party add-ons. Well, you were wrong This is Atomic Accessories’ “Game Boat”. It’s for Kinect Adventures, a game which includes a rafting game. So you blow up the inflatable boat, and…look, I’m not going to dignify this with an…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Now This Is A Joystick
I once had a Thrustmaster “Top Gun” joystick. Best one I ever had. Got me through 2.5 X-Wing games after I’d broken four on the first one. This new one, though, is a lot nicer. It’s called the HOTAS WARTHOG (Thrustmaster’s caps, not ours), and is touted as a “full replica” of the flight stick…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Now You Can Be The Third, Taller Mario Brother
Reader JC has a design up for voting on T-shirt site Threadless, and we think it’s one worth voting for. Unless you hate plumbers. And who hates plumbers? Anyone can be a plumber in this shirt, which makes us wish Threadless was a store that also specialised in caps and hallucinogenic mushrooms. In case you…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
A Very, Very Small Game Of Pac-Man
Like microscopic. Literally! Experimental artist Kotaro Tanaka has created this playable Pac-Man that requires players to use a microscope. The feed from an original Pac-Man arcade board is run through an XRGB-3 upscan converter and projected on a small mirror and seen through the scope. All of this is housed in a lab work bench.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 8, 2010 - Uncategorized
Xenosaga Action Figure Comes Out Guns Blazing
Couldn’t scrape together $550 for that sweet KOS-MOS statue, Xenosaga fans? Maybe this $50 figure is more to your liking. It’s a Figma figure, meaning that unlike the statue it’s got joints and lines everywhere. Those joints and lines are there for a reason, though, as it’s highly posable, the inclusion of a stand meaning…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 8, 2010